[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48552-48553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19809]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2007-29305; Amdt. No. 91-314]
RIN 2120-AI92


Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out 
Performance Requirements To Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service; 
OMB Approval of Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; OMB approval of information collection.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public of the Office of Management 
and Budget's (OMB's) approval of the information collection requirement 
contained in the FAA's final rule, ``Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance Requirements To Support Air Traffic 
Control (ATC) Service,'' which was published on May 28, 2010.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on May 28, 2010, 
is August 11, 2010. However, because it contained new information 
collection requirements, compliance with the information collection 
provisions contained in Sec.  91.225 was not required until they were 
approved by OMB. This document announces that OMB approval was received 
on July 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this document, contact Vincent Capezzuto, Surveillance and Broadcast 
Services, AJE-6, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 385-8637; e-mail [email protected].
    For legal questions concerning this document, contact Lorelei 
Peter, Office of the Chief Counsel, AGC-220, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone 202-267-3134; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 28, 2010, the final rule, ``Automatic 
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance Requirements 
To Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service,'' was published in the 
Federal Register (75 FR 30160). In that rule, the FAA amended its 
regulations by adding equipage requirements and performance standards 
for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out avionics on 
aircraft operating in Classes A, B, and C airspace, as well as certain 
other specified classes of airspace within the U.S. National Airspace 
System (NAS).
    In the DATES section of the final rule, the FAA noted that affected 
parties were not required to comply with the new information collection 
requirements in Sec.  91.225 until OMB approved the FAA's request to 
collect the information. The regulation requires persons operating in 
the specified airspace to equip with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
Broadcast (ADS-B) Out avionics that continuously transmits aircraft 
information via automation for use in providing air traffic 
surveillance services. That information collection

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requirement had not been approved by OMB at the time of publication.
    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the FAA submitted a 
copy of the information collection requirements to OMB for its review. 
OMB approved the collection on July 29, 2010, and assigned the 
information collection OMB Control Number 2120-0728, which expires on 
July 31, 2013.
    This document is being published to inform affected parties of the 
approval, and to announce that as of July 29, 2010, affected parties 
are required to comply with the information collection requirements in 
Sec.  91.225.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
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